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    Pneumonia is an infection affecting the lower airway, where the air sacs
are filled with mucus and pus; and typically presents with cough, fever,
and fast breathing. Pneumonia is estimated to be the leading cause of
mortality in children under five worldwide with 120 million episodes
result in one million deaths globally. 1 The
Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are more affected. In a
study in southeast Nigeria, 2 bronchopneumonia
accounted for 41.9%, of the cases admitted in the tertiary hospitals
and in another hospital based study among children, 3
pneumonia had the highest respiratory admission rates at 34.0%.
Pneumonia can be caused by various organisms: Bacterial (Streptococcus,
staphylococcus etc), Viral (RSV) and recently COVID 19 pneumonia. RSV
has been noted globally to be a major cause of childhood lower
respiratory tract infection, with morbidity/mortality occurring in 99%
of (LMICs). 4 Some of the long term sequalae are
discussed